Noragric Seminar by F H Johnsen Wednesday Dec. 03 12.30-14.00
LONG TERM IMPACTS OF ON-FARM RESEARCH by Ass. Prof. Fred H. Johnsen, Noragric, UMB
Wednesday Dec. 03.12 12.30-14.00
Venue: Thor Larsen Attic, Tivoli
Thirty two projects with on-farm research were carried out in the Southern Highlands and Eastern Zones of Tanzania in the period 2000- 2005. A follow-up study was conducted in 2007 in project areas of 10 out of the 32 projects in order to find the extent to which farmers still used the introduced technologies and to explore what reasons they had to accept or reject those technologies.
Based on the findings the success factors of on-farm research include a convincing improvement in household income and/or food security attributable to the technologies, considerable benefits even when weather conditions are unfavourable, easy access to the technologies, consistency with farmers' priorities, avoidance of unrealistic expectations, affordable inputs, readily marketable outputs that achieve attractive prices, sufficient reward for any increased workload, farmer participation in project identification and planning, long term involvement in farm development, and active involvement of local institutions.
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Updated: 02.12.08
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Department of International Environment and Development Studies
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Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Fax: +47 64 96 52 01
E-mail: noragric@umb.no
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Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
Visiting/delivery address:
Universitetstunet 1 (Tivoli)
NO-1432 Ås
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Fax: +47 64 96 52 01
E-mail: noragric@umb.no
Postal address:
Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
Visiting/delivery address:
Universitetstunet 1 (Tivoli)
NO-1432 Ås